英语词汇“to pick at”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. intransitive. Of a bird: to peck at. See also sense 13b.

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the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (transitive)] > peck

beak?c1225

pecka1382

to pick at ——a1449

bill1496

stock1653

α.

a1449 W. Bower Scotichronicon (Corpus Cambr.) xv. vi. 18 I beer a py pikkand at a pese; qwha so pikkis at hir I pik at his nese in faith.

1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 273 An Asse hauing a galled back, fedde in a medow, on whom a Rauen did sit and picked at his sore.

1641 T. Heywood Life of Merlin xiv. 124 An Eagle with foure young ones, whereof three of them, pulled and pecked the body of the old Eagle, and the fourth picked at his eyes.

1647 J. Hall Poems i. 4 Pies Do ever love to pick at witches eyes.

1801 Massachusetts Spy 25 Nov. 1/2 Just as a parcel of King-birds will pick at a Crow.

1931 V. Woolf Waves 22 They [sc. birds] pick at a worm—that is a hooded cobra—and leave it with a festering brown scar.

β. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xlii. 131 This byrde sawe hymselfe so well fethered..he began to waxe prowde, and..pycked and spurred at them.1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv He was awaur of a muckle solan, and the solan pyking at the line.

2. intransitive. To find fault with, nag at, criticize; to taunt, tease. Now chiefly regional.

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the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)]

gremec893

grillc897

teenOE

mispay?c1225

agrillec1275

oftenec1275

tarya1300

tarc1300

atenec1320

enchafec1374

to-tarc1384

stingc1386

chafe?a1400

pokec1400

irec1420

ertc1440

rehete1447

nettlec1450

bog1546

tickle1548

touch1581

urge1593

aggravate1598

irritate1598

dishumour1600

to wind up1602

to pick at ——1603

outhumour1607

vex1625

bloody1633

efferate1653

rankle1659

spleen1689

splenetize1700

rile1724

roil1742

to put out1796

to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823

roughen1837

acerbate1845

to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846

nag1849

to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859

frump1862

rattle1865

to set up any one's bristles1873

urticate1873

needle1874

draw1876

to rough up1877

to stick pins into1879

to get on ——1880

to make (someone) tiredc1883

razoo1890

to get under a person's skin1896

to get a person's goat1905

to be on at1907

to get a person's nanny1909

cag1919

to get a person's nanny-goat1928

cagmag1932

peeve1934

tick-off1934

to get on a person's tits1945

to piss off1946

bug1947

to get up a person's nose1951

tee1955

bum1970

tick1975

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously

upbraidc1290

bite1330

to gnap at1533

carp1550

cavil1581

carp1587

to pick at ——1603

to pick a hole (also holes) in1614

yark1621

vellicate1633

to peck at1641

snob1654

ploat1757

to get at ——1803

crab1819

to pick up1846

knock1892

snark1904

kvetchc1950

to pick nits1978

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1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 17 Some curious head..may pick at a Moate, and ask me two or three questions out of this Narration.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 9 The second thing calld culpable in him, but was not, was pick'd at by the cross humours of some in the end of Q. Elizabeth's reign.

1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) I. 605 The Emperor, the Empress, and the Venetians seem all to be picking at the Turks.

1822 J. Galt Provost xxiii. 174 The rising generation began to pick and dab at him.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 130 To pick at, to quarrel with, to insult.

1876 Galaxy Sept. 338/2 How the other boys crowd around him and take his measure, or pick at him and insult him to try his mettle.

1913 L. Gregory New Comedies 6 My mother used to be faulting me and I not being the equal of him. Tormenting and picking at me and shouting me on the road.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 95/1 His missus is allus picking at him.

1967 R. B. Edgerton Cloak of Competence iii. 103 I worked good and tried real hard and all, but everyone was always picking at me, like I was never no good any time.

1989 R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits 194 Now, Uncle Zeke, please don't start picking at Aunt Ruth.

2001 E. Randolph in M. Bernstein & R. Reimann Queer Families, Queer Politics vi. 110 One [of my friends] was picking at me for buying a magazine expressly because there was an article with tips on [etc.].

β. 1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 242/2 They're olas pikin at yan anudder.

3. intransitive. To probe with a pointed instrument, a finger, etc.; = sense 2. Also: to pull repeatedly at with the fingers.

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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or handle idly or restlessly

finger1546

to toy with ——1576

paddlea1616

nibble1676

twiddle1676

trifle1818

to pick at ——1841

to play off and on with1845

piggle1847

to twiddle with or at1847

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 80 He took out a knife, and picked at the lead until he extracted it from the bottle.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 143 Muscular tremors, picking at the bed~clothes..appear in bad cases [of scarlatina].

1938 E. Waugh Scoop iii. ii. 274 A cretinous..youth..picked at the dry paint-bubbles with a..thumb nail.

1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xvii. 325 We could clearly see that the quarter-seam was coming up and had been picked at.

2002 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 27 July I suggest they go sit, dribbling, in the sun and pick at the blanket over their knees.

单词	to pick at
释义	> as lemmas to pick at —— to pick at —— 1. intransitive. Of a bird: to peck at. See also sense 13b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (transitive)] > peck beak?c1225 pecka1382 to pick at ——a1449 bill1496 stock1653 α. a1449 W. Bower Scotichronicon (Corpus Cambr.) xv. vi. 18 I beer a py pikkand at a pese; qwha so pikkis at hir I pik at his nese in faith. 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 273 An Asse hauing a galled back, fedde in a medow, on whom a Rauen did sit and picked at his sore. 1641 T. Heywood Life of Merlin xiv. 124 An Eagle with foure young ones, whereof three of them, pulled and pecked the body of the old Eagle, and the fourth picked at his eyes. 1647 J. Hall Poems i. 4 Pies Do ever love to pick at witches eyes. 1801 Massachusetts Spy 25 Nov. 1/2 Just as a parcel of King-birds will pick at a Crow. 1931 V. Woolf Waves 22 They [sc. birds] pick at a worm—that is a hooded cobra—and leave it with a festering brown scar. β. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xlii. 131 This byrde sawe hymselfe so well fethered..he began to waxe prowde, and..pycked and spurred at them.1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv He was awaur of a muckle solan, and the solan pyking at the line. 2. intransitive. To find fault with, nag at, criticize; to taunt, tease. Now chiefly regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)] gremec893 grillc897 teenOE mispay?c1225 agrillec1275 oftenec1275 tarya1300 tarc1300 atenec1320 enchafec1374 to-tarc1384 stingc1386 chafe?a1400 pokec1400 irec1420 ertc1440 rehete1447 nettlec1450 bog1546 tickle1548 touch1581 urge1593 aggravate1598 irritate1598 dishumour1600 to wind up1602 to pick at ——1603 outhumour1607 vex1625 bloody1633 efferate1653 rankle1659 spleen1689 splenetize1700 rile1724 roil1742 to put out1796 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 roughen1837 acerbate1845 to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846 nag1849 to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859 frump1862 rattle1865 to set up any one's bristles1873 urticate1873 needle1874 draw1876 to rough up1877 to stick pins into1879 to get on ——1880 to make (someone) tiredc1883 razoo1890 to get under a person's skin1896 to get a person's goat1905 to be on at1907 to get a person's nanny1909 cag1919 to get a person's nanny-goat1928 cagmag1932 peeve1934 tick-off1934 to get on a person's tits1945 to piss off1946 bug1947 to get up a person's nose1951 tee1955 bum1970 tick1975 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously upbraidc1290 bite1330 to gnap at1533 carp1550 cavil1581 carp1587 to pick at ——1603 to pick a hole (also holes) in1614 yark1621 vellicate1633 to peck at1641 snob1654 ploat1757 to get at ——1803 crab1819 to pick up1846 knock1892 snark1904 kvetchc1950 to pick nits1978 α. 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 17 Some curious head..may pick at a Moate, and ask me two or three questions out of this Narration. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 9 The second thing calld culpable in him, but was not, was pick'd at by the cross humours of some in the end of Q. Elizabeth's reign. 1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) I. 605 The Emperor, the Empress, and the Venetians seem all to be picking at the Turks. 1822 J. Galt Provost xxiii. 174 The rising generation began to pick and dab at him. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 130 To pick at, to quarrel with, to insult. 1876 Galaxy Sept. 338/2 How the other boys crowd around him and take his measure, or pick at him and insult him to try his mettle. 1913 L. Gregory New Comedies 6 My mother used to be faulting me and I not being the equal of him. Tormenting and picking at me and shouting me on the road. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 95/1 His missus is allus picking at him. 1967 R. B. Edgerton Cloak of Competence iii. 103 I worked good and tried real hard and all, but everyone was always picking at me, like I was never no good any time. 1989 R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits 194 Now, Uncle Zeke, please don't start picking at Aunt Ruth. 2001 E. Randolph in M. Bernstein & R. Reimann Queer Families, Queer Politics vi. 110 One [of my friends] was picking at me for buying a magazine expressly because there was an article with tips on [etc.]. β. 1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 242/2 They're olas pikin at yan anudder. 3. intransitive. To probe with a pointed instrument, a finger, etc.; = sense 2. Also: to pull repeatedly at with the fingers. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or handle idly or restlessly finger1546 to toy with ——1576 paddlea1616 nibble1676 twiddle1676 trifle1818 to pick at ——1841 to play off and on with1845 piggle1847 to twiddle with or at1847 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 80 He took out a knife, and picked at the lead until he extracted it from the bottle. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 143 Muscular tremors, picking at the bed~clothes..appear in bad cases [of scarlatina]. 1938 E. Waugh Scoop iii. ii. 274 A cretinous..youth..picked at the dry paint-bubbles with a..thumb nail. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xvii. 325 We could clearly see that the quarter-seam was coming up and had been picked at. 2002 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 27 July I suggest they go sit, dribbling, in the sun and pick at the blanket over their knees. extracted from pickv.¹ < as lemmas
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